. Time is an illusion which provides dream characters a sense of continuity.

Hi Fred, Our trip to Singapore has got delayed due to the haze in Singapore. Could we do  Skype between 29th and 30th October or10th and 15th November, whichever works for you. I am reading and re-reading and listening. There are over a 100 pearls of wisdom in the book ” Beyond Recovery.” Even though […]

Hi Fred, Jut viewing last Sunday’s session now as I was unable to attend it live. You address exactly where I’m at in my own inquiry and wanted you to know how confirming and helpful it was. Thanks for being and doing what you do so well. See you next week. In love,  Pam

The nondual path is not self-improvement, it’s self-immolation. Barn’s burnt down– now I can see the moon. ~Masahide 

Dear Fred, Since Sunday’s group session one statement in particular kept echoing around my head, “the one thought that’s blocking your experience of Awakeness right now is the belief in the thought that you’re  not awake”. Today amidst a whole storm of cloudiness that statement came to mind and a shift occurred. The cloudiness suddenly […]

  Hi Fred I couldn’t make the last session but I’ve been watching this last video over and over. There is something about your openness and honesty that cuts right to the core. I woke up this morning in a state of grace. If that’s not awakening, well it’s OK. Awakeness is never not here, as […]

This is from, Gabriella, one of the students in the current Sunday Self-Realization Course. She’s pointing out that the idea of our character being in control of our unit has been proven false to most of us any number of times. I’ve had two incidents very similar to what Gabriella describes here. I bet you […]

Hi Fred,   The Clarity session is profoundly enlightening, as knowledge clarifies experience.   I re-listened to Sunday’s session and love the progression throughout.   What a gift in the statement, “My highest intention is to be awake to this arising  right now.”  and, “The most direct path is Willingness.”   It is amazing how adding “-ness” […]

There is just one thing going on and You are It. Having said that, if we are experiencing the fullness of our beingness, then our experience is that we are sort-of-two. I am indeed the Vastness, but I notice that part of Vastness’ experience is that of being a human. I rather thought that would […]

What is it that you’re hanging onto that’s keeping you from seeing and being clearer than you currently are? Is your ball and chain too big to pull through the Gateless Gate? Find it, acknowledge it, and become willing to be other than the way you are. That’s all you can do, but that’s enough–it’s […]

  From You, Existence pours. From Existence, Expressions are born. From Expressions, Experience is known. This is the Holy Trinity.  

What is prior to consciousness? You. Witnessing the Sense of Being  

I’ve had this framed poster in my hall for thirteen years. I’ve read Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching many, many time. I used to read it nearly every day at work. I loved this verse, and read it over and over, but I had no real idea of what it was saying. […]

I want to report on a really interesting phenomenon. It may cause you to reevaluate your spiritual path. Over two different weekends in September couples made the trip to the Heart of Progressive America–which of course, as we all know, is Columbia, South Carolina. They came to spend time with me. One couple drove down […]

    When you see yourself as sameness you call it the Void. When you see yourself as oneness you call it the World. When you see yourself as both, you call it the Self.

    The difference between a curse and a blessing is timing.   Here’s a link to an interesting news story that helps us see that sometimes the worst thing becomes the best thing. That’s what happened to me. Homeless Artist Story

Repetition is not redundancy. It is the opportunity to see and understand more deeply. Profound spiritual teachings are typically layered, and so is our ability to accept them. We can only take as much truth as we can stand at any one time. Thus we come back and back again to the same fertile ground […]

      11:30 pm Went out on an errand today. Normally would take 15 minutes there and another 15 back. Took me almost 3 hours. First two main drags I took were both closed, with whole bridges out. Dams out. Ponds where I used to fish are now stumps, as dam after dam gave […]

Hello, everybody. I’ve just heard that we’re expecting a potentially catastrophic rain storm here in Columbia beginning tonight and perhaps running until Monday.There are going to be power outages and massive flooding. (Our weatherman says that he has never before use the word ‘catastrophic’ in a forecast.) So it’s not impossible that at any point […]